SkillPaks & Course Guide

Immediately after you enroll in the Foley-Belsaw Institute’s Professional Locksmith Career Program, you will receive your first SkillPak.  Each SkillPak contains all the course materials you need to successfully complete each lesson.

Your SkillPaks are written by industry experts; professional locksmiths who understand the business, and what it takes to be successful.

SkillPaks will arrive as needed, each containing five lessons.  At the end of each lesson, you will find an exam or homework assignment.  Detailed instructions mean that each lesson assignment is easy to follow and complete. Exams contain 10 questions and you can always double check the lesson material prior to answering an exam question.  This means you always have the opportunity to review as you go.

After you have completed the fifth lesson in the SkillPak, you will send in the exam answer sheets and/or lesson card to your instructor.  Your instructor will check your work and issue a grade.  Once we have received your completed SkillPak, we will send you the next.

Course Guide

The Foley-Belsaw Professional Locksmithing Course consists of 6 SkillPaks and 30 lessons:

SkillPak 1
Lesson 1          The Key Blank Catalog
Lesson 2          Key Identification
Lesson 3          How to Duplicate Flat Keys
Lesson 4          How to Duplicate Bit & Cylinder Keys
Lesson 5          Automotive Lock Servicing

SkillPak 2
Lesson 6          Warded Lock Construction
Lesson 7          Making Keys by Impression for Warded Locks
Lesson 8          Warded Bit Key Lock Construction
Lesson 9          Corbin Sesame Lock Construction & Operation
Lesson 10        Lever Tumbler Lock Construction, Picking & Key Impressioning

SkillPak 3        
Lesson 11        Disc Tumbler Lock Construction & Picking
Lesson 12        Combination Locks
Lesson 13        Sidebar Wafer Lock Construction
Lesson 14        Car Opening & Lock Outs
Lesson 15        Automotive Lock & Cylinder Removal

SkillPak 4
Lesson 16        Pin Tumbler Lock Construction & Key Fitting
Lesson 17        Picking Pin Tumbler Locks
Lesson 18        Chicago Ace Locks
Lesson 19        Key-In-Knob Data
Lesson 20        The pin Tumbler Master Key System

SkillPak 5
Lesson 21        Master Keying Pin Tumbler Locks
Lesson 22        Impression System for Pin Tumbler Locks
Lesson 23        Schlage Wafer Lock Construction & Key Fitting
Lesson 24        Servicing and Rekeying the Best Removable Core Lock
Lesson 25        Emhart Interlocking Pin Tumbler Cylinder

SkillPak 6
Lesson 26        Forced Entry of Building
Lesson 27        Fitting Keys by the Reading Method for Disc Tumbler Locks
Lesson 28        Double Bitted Cam Locks
Lesson 29        Cutting Automotive Keys by Code
Lesson 30        How to Operate a Locksmith Business

Enroll today and begin your journey to success - with the Foley-Belsaw Institute!